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NITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREXV VICKEY, OF OHICAGQ ILLINOIS.

BALING- PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,233, dated March10, 1896.

Application filed March 16, 1 8 9 5 To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ANDREW WICKEY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and'usef'ulImprovements inBaling-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in baling-presses, whichwill be fully described in the following specification, and definitelypointed out in the claims appended thereto.

My preferred construction is illustrated by means of three-sheets ofdrawings, containing six figures, of which Y Figure 1 is a sideelevation. Fig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is a front elevation, the end of themachine at which the material to be compressed is received beingconsidered the front end and the end from which it is discharged beingconsidered the rear end. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section ofthe front end of the machine, taken in plane 4 4 of Fig. looking in thedirection of the arrow 4. Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section in plane 5f Fig. 4, looking in the direction of the arrow 5; and Fig. 6 is avertical cross-section in plane 6 6 of Fig.4, looking in the directionof the arrow 6 in said figure.

Referring to Fig. 1, a long rectangular box A is seen mounted uponwheels B, for con venience in moving it. The construction of this box isimmaterial to my invention, and the one here shown is of the class usedin what are callec perpetual or continuous baling-presses, such boxesbeing open from end to end and the rear or discharge end beingcontracted to resist the passage of the compressed material and therebyfurnish an abutment against which the compression may take place. Thisrear end is turned toward the right in the figure and is stoutlyreinforced by means of an encircling band a. Within the box and fittedto the middle portion thereof is a 1ongitudinally-reciproeating plunger,which is best shown in the section seen in Fig. 4, where the plunger islettered C. The construction of said plunger is iinmaterial, but the onehere shown consists of a hollow metal casting having a solidface c, anend view of which is shown in Fig. 6.

.under the tension of a coiled spring 0 The press here shown is providedwith r unning-gear adapted to be belted to any source of power. Althougha great portion of said gear is immaterial to my invention, I shalldescribe the same fully, in order that all parts of the press may beclearly understood. Said running-gear is best shown in Figs. 1, 4, and5.

Upon the upper portion of the front end of the machine is journaled ashaft D, carrying balance-wheels cl at its outer ends, and also having apulley d to receive the driving-belt. Loosely carried upon the shaft Dare two pinions (1 adjacent to which are clutches d for engaging thepinions d at will with the shaft D. Theseclutches are operated by meansof a system of levers and links (1 d 61 (see Fig. 1, 2, and 4,) thelever d being provided with a handle d (See Fig. 2.) The pinions d areconstantly in gear with two gears d (see Fig. 5) fast upon a shaft djournaled in the framework of the boxA, which shaft has fast upon'itwithin the walls of the box a pair of pinions (Z (Shown only in frontelevation in Fig. 3 and in dotted lines in Fig. 4.) These pinions (Z arein mesh with a pair of larger gears (Z journaled upon 'gudgeons d upontheinner surfaces of the sides of the box. The gears (Z are connected bya cross-rod (Z (Shown in section in Fig. 4.) The shaft d also haspivoted upon its central portion a swinging arm (Z which is pivoted atone end upon the shaft (Z and at the other end to one end of a pitmanrod d, the other end of which is pivoted to the plunger 0. The arm 01has pivoted to it between its ends a link (Z which connects said armwith the crossrod (Z to which said link is also pivoted.

In operation the power is transmitted through the gearing just describedto the gears d, rotating the same on the gudgeons d. This causes thelink (1 to oscillate the arm (Z upon its pivot, reciprocating theplunger 0 through the pitman-rod d. It should be noticed that in theposition shown in Fig. 4 the pitman-rod and the arm c1 are substantiallyin line, forming a toggle, and that the link (Z between the arm (i andthe cross-rod (1, connecting the gears (1", lies substantially in theaxis upon which said gears rotate, both of which facts combine to givethe plunger at this point an exceedingly slow but immensely powerfulthrust.

Upon the top of the machine at E (see Fig. 4.) is the opening throughwhich the material is fed into the compression-chamber, and said openingis shown as being surrounded upon three sides by a flaring hopper 8.Above this opening is a feeder 1 consisting of a framework adapted toenter the compression-chamber and crowd hay or other material into thesame. This feeder is carried upon two vertical rodsf, guided in eyes f(see Fig. 1) upon the sides of the hopper and pivoted to a pair of longlevers f substantially in a vertical line with said guide. Said leversextend downward and forward and are pivoted upon gudgeons f upon the boxA, substantially concentric with the gudgeons d upon the inside of thebox. The levers] extend beyond said gudgeons and carry upon suchextensions depending brackets or loops 1*, carrying a cross-bar f (seeFig. 5,) upon which are a pair of upwardly-projecting armsf pivoted attheir upper ends to a pair of links f extending upward, and pivoted attheir other ends to an arm 1*, pivoted at one end to the frame at f",and having an enlargement f at the other end and arranged in the path ofthe cross rod (Z so that when the latter reaches the proper position, asthe wheels (1 revolve, it engages the enlarged end, raising it, andthrough its connections tilting the long levers f and forcing the:feeder F down upon the hay. These long he vers and the feeder carriedthereby are balanced by weights f upon the opposite ends of the leversfrom the feeder. The advantage of this construction is its extremeSllllplicity and cheapness, together with the fact that the deviceswhich operate the feeder take up no room whatever upon the top of thepress-box, which in the ordinary construction is given up entirely atits forward end to such operating devices. In the present constructionsaid forward end of the box is covered by an inclined platform G,leading downwardly to the feed-opening E, and havin g side pieces 1converging toward said opening. This furnishes a broad receiving-tableat the front of the machine, and yet is sufficiently reduced at thefeed-opening to discharge entirely into said opening. The table is shownas supported at its front end upon uprights g, offset outwardly at g andextending up along the sides of the feed-table and above the same, andhaving journaled in their tops a shaft G, bent to form double crank-armsradiating at different angles from the shaft and carrying bars g,provided with teeth to act upon the hay or straw. Said bars are carriedat their opposite ends upon a similar shaft g", carried by uprights andand returned while withdrawn therefrom the constant tendency beingtherefore to crowd whatever is placed upon. the table G over thefeed-openin g. As it is only desirable to move this material when thefeeder is out of the way, I have provided driving-gear for the pulley g"which rotates said pulley as the plunger moves toward the bale, butallows it to remain stationary as the plunger travels in the oppositedirection. This driving-gear consists of a belt g (see Fig. 1,) runningto a pulley 9 upon a transverse shaft (see Fig. 4,) journaled beneaththe box A, and earrying upon its middle portion a pinion g", in meshwith a sliding rack secured at one end to a plate g extending upwardthrough a slot a (see Fig. 6) in the bottom of the box A and secured tothe lower portion of the plunger G. The pulley is itself loose upon, theshaft and is intermittently engaged therewith by means of a ratchetdevice g, adapted to engage the pulley with the shaft when the plungeris pushed toward the right in Fig. 4, but to allow the shaft to rotateloosely in the pulley when. the plunger is drawn toward the left.

The operation of the entire machine is as follows: Starting with theplunger in. the position seen in Fig. 4, in which it is crowded to thelimit of its motion toward the right, its withdrawal carries the rack gover the pinion g and rotates the shaft in the wrong direction to engagethe ratchet g with the pulley g", so that as long as the plunger movesin this direction the packer-rakes g remain stationary and theaccumulation of the material upon the top plate of the plun ger dropsdown in front of the same into the compression-chamber. The stillfurther withdrawal of the plunger actuates the feederl through theconnections hereinbefore described, and carries the material well downin front of the plun er, said connections, however, raising the feederout of the way before the plunger reaches it on the return stroke. The(50111- men cement of said return stroke reverses the motion of the rackg pinion. g, and shaft g engaging the ratchet device g with the pulleyg" and operating the feed-rakes in the proper direction to pack thematerial upon the platform over the top plate of the plunger again. Thefeeding of the press is therefore rendered completely automatic and thereceiving-table-may be arranged to take straw directly from. the carrierof a thrashing-niachine, or to take other material from any sort of aconveyer without any intermediate handling.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combinationin a baling-press and With the boX, plunger and driving-gear, of thefeeder, F, supported by the side rods, f, the guides, f, therefor,thebalanced arms, f pivoted to the rods, f, and also to the press andsuitable connections for oscillating said arms; substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination in a baling-press and with the box, plunger, anddriving-gear, of

the driven wheels, (Z having the cross-rod, (W, the feeder, F, supportedby the side rods, f, movable vertically in the guides, f, the balancedarms, f pivoted to the rods, f, and also to the press and extendingbeyond the latter pivots, a cross-bar connecting said arms at theirlatter ends, the pivoted arm, f extending into the path of thecross-rod, c1 and the link, f connecting said cross-bar with said arm;substantially as described.

ANDREXV XVIGKEY. 4 Vitnesses:

CHAS. O. SHERVEY, A. I. H. EBBEsEN.

